Detroit Pistons hoping to get set up more quickly on offense tonight against Indiana Pacers

AP PhotoLawrence Frank wants the Detroit Pistons to push the pace on offense.

AUBURN HILLS — Getting set up more quickly on offense will be one of the Detroit Pistons' objectives tonight against
the Indiana Pacers.

The Pistons fought the shot clock in Friday's 96-85 loss at Boston and coach Lawrence Frank said
that hurts the club at both ends of the floor.

“When you're in those situations
where you're shooting late in the clock, your spacing is impacted,
your floor balance is impacted and you're shooting contested shots
late in the clock,” Frank said. “That's going to put you at a
disadvantage. And quite frankly, it effects your morale a little bit.

“It's like football. You run the
run-and-shoot and it looks good but guess what? Defensively, your
guys aren't getting a lot of reps. And in basketball, there's no
sitting down.”

Frank thinks as the Pistons
conditioning improves — they've only been together for a couple of
weeks because of the NBA lockout — their ability to set the offense up
more quickly should improve.

“What a quick pace allows you to do
is not necessarily shoot quickly but get into the offense quicker,”
he said. “If you're not getting to your spots until 15 seconds on
the clock and you have good defense, they're going to shrink the floor
and make you make an extra pass.

“It's getting to your spot, getting
into your offense with 19 on the shot clock. Now, you've got a lot
more room to move the ball, move bodies and make extra passes and
dribbles.”